The Women’s Candidates Final between Tan Zhongyi and Lei Tingjie determined who will challenge the reigning Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun in July. Both players could enjoy the home field, as the event was in Chongqing, China. The six-game match gave us a lot of fighting chess with decisive games. Read more…
The Saint Louis Chess Club gave home to the American Cup from the 16th to the 26th of March. American Cup has an unusual format, an eight-player double-elimination bracket. It allows each competitor to be eliminated twice, and it has twice as many rounds as a single elimination. The defeated players Read more…
Kiolbasa Oliwia from Poland defeated Bulmaga Irina in round 6 and got herself a half-point lead ahead of Socko Monika and Narva Mai. This year, Montenegro Chess Federation, cooperating with European Chess Union, had the honor of organizing the 23rd European Women’s Chess Championship. The event takes place from 17th to Read more…
GM Alexey Sarana (2668) becomes the new Champion after winning the European Chess Championship 2023 in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia. The tiebreak criteria decided the final standing, with 3 players having 8,5 points. The European Chess Championship 2023 from 2nd to 14th March was an 11-round tournament with a time control Read more…
Walsrode gave home to The Chessemy Open, which was held from the 4th to the 12th of March. The nine-round swiss system tournament has a decent prize fund of €6500. The players had to have a rating higher than 1800, which resulted in a strong tournament. 86 participants with 4 grandmasters Read more…
Levon Aronian becomes the winner of WR Chess Masters after scoring a wonderful 3/3 in the Playoffs! Fighting for the tournament victory is over in Dusseldorf, Germany. You can read the course of the first 4 rounds in our previous article here. After players enjoyed their free day, they came Read more…
The annual Chess Open Graz, held from the 18th to the 24th of February, broke the participation record with almost 370 participants, which came from 37 nations. I took part in this tournament, but unfortunately, after quite poor results, I quit the tournament after five rounds. Despite the bad chess Read more…
The second stage of the Women’s Grand Prix 2023 was played from the 1st to the 13th of February in Munich, Germany. The Women’s FIDE Grand Prix Series 2022-2023 comprises four tournaments: 1. – Astana, September 2022 2. – Munich, February 2023 3. – India, March 2023 4. – Bydgoszcz, Read more…
Top grandmasters fight for the tournament victory in Dusseldorf, Germany from 16 to 25 February. The time control of the WR Chess Masters is very uncommon. Players have 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves. Then they get 15 more minutes Read more…
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament took place from 13th to 29th January 2023 in Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands. The format was a 14-player round-robin and the time control was 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of Read more…